Sunday, 1 April 2012

Back to traditional climbing !

Top of Half Dome- Yosemite

When I start climbing 10 years ago the first place I climbed
was Canada rocky mountain.﻿﻿

I was traveling on my own for snowboarding in this area. At this
time, I had an interested in climbing and met some local people at the gym. I was
a totally beginner, but people were happy to take me out and teach me what it
was all about.The first time out on the
rock I was hooked and I started get into climbing.

@ Squamish with gangs

I had the opportunity to spend summer in Squamish. The
summer was a really special time and totally changed my life from busy city life
in Tokyo. I met real lifestyle climbers out there from all over the world. Camping under the Squamish chief with them,
hanging out and climbing every day. I learnt so much from these friends. Even I was
straggling to communicate in English at that time. This was how I started climbing.

After then I started to forcus mainly on sport climb and boulder. This
style of climbing allowed me to push myself to my limit without too much of the
danger associated with trad climbing.

﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿In the past I used to dismiss trad climbing as being slow and
felt I was unable really push myself. But now I can apply the strength and technical
ability gained from sport climbing to the trad style. In the UK this opens up
so many places you can go and so many experiences you can have. For me,
variety is the key to enjoyment!